Origami Comes out - UMPC

[nasih]

Hi,

Here is the Ultra Mobile PC

http://www.origamiproject.com/3/
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/umpc/hardware.mspx
http://origamiproject.com/default.aspx

[eilsoe]

man that is one ugly computer...

[nasih]

man that is one ugly computer...

hey man.. let me give a touch please

[eilsoe]

lol, what? :lol:

[ar]

http://developer.intel.com/design/mobile/platform/umpc.htm
Look around in there. And also, click on the

Watch the video of possible usages

thing, and they have one umpc model that is completely, well, hott :D.
It's the one under the
Mix Work And Pleasure
category in that webpage/flash presentation.

GBP

[Lemuel]

Anyone see a price, location to buy, or maybe stats on how fast it is?

It looks cool, but I want to know if I can afford it, if itd available to purchase right now, or If I can run Medal of honor or something on it :D

[kirupa]

Here are more pictures: http://news.com.com/2300-1044_3-6047702-1.html?part=rss&tag=6047702&subj=news (http://news.com.com/2300-1044_3-6047702-1.html?part=rss&tag=6047702&subj=news)

The current generation is expected to go for under $1000, but by next year the price is expected to go below $500.

:angel:

[Butters]

Cool, they just need Apple to design it :P

[eilsoe]

now THAT would be interesting :)

[audrius'05]

on CNN they announced price between $600 and a $1000.

one weak thing about this new object: battery life, its good only for 2 hours.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/09/technology/microsoft_origami.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

[Butters]

Bah 2 hours. What's the point of having something portable if it needs to be plugged in most of the time...

[audrius'05]

actually 3 hours , my mistake I was listening to the news and I heard them saying 2 hours, but reading news on CNN I found 3 hours.

but still 3 hours is nothing

[dreeft]

Even 3 hours is pissy. Interesting idea though.

[kdd]

yeah, it should atleast last a day. well, we all go to sleep at night (most of us). so the user can charge it at night, and use it the whole day...

[Jeff Wheeler]

What use does this have? It could never be used as a normal computer, and it's not portable enough (and has too bad of a battery life) to be used anywhere away from your desk.

I don't get it…

[GW02]

I was excited about origami but I started bringing my expectations down last week when the rumors as to the specs began to surface-- and rightly so. The Origami is an amazing letdown for me. Doesn't even have a Wacom-style digitizer, just a pocketpc type. Bevel is way too think for my tastes. It's a rebranded, overglorified Tablet PC.

I'd MUCH rather lay down a small amount of extra cash and pick up a Motion LS800 which fits a bigger screen on a smaller chassis and has much, much better specs.

[Templarian]

wow, MS should stick to just the OS for portables (PPC's).

[Mik3]

How to make an Origami PC a revolution (in my opinion):

+ Multitouch Screen
+ High Density OLED
+ Exchangable face plates (so your $500+ investment doesn't get the crap scratched out of it.)

What do you guys want?

[Templarian]

^Multi touch screen would really wouldnt make me happy...

+High Density OLED thingy you said for that nice crisp pic.
+Size of a Pocket PC! Even if it only has 1gig Storage i wouldnt care as long as it had card slots.
+I dont care about the Face plates getting scratched.
+Removable Battery is by far the best idea in the Pocket PC line sort of adapt that to it would be great.

[smoothhabitat]

Wonder how long until we get a version of linux to run on it? Hmmm. No I'll just wait for Apple to make the sexier, (mostly) virus-free version.

[NANO3]

reminds me of the utterly boring PSP